An Illini commit gaining a star is definitely disturbance in the force type of thing.So, it’s official. He is NOT coming here.
An Illini commit gaining a star is definitely disturbance in the force type of thing.So, it’s official. He is NOT coming here.
Only a high 4*. Pass.Alex Tchikou (2021 PF)
Blessed to receive an offer from Illinois
https://twitter.com/tcalex0/
..he will take an official visit to Oregon on February 27th, also has a desire to visit Illinois
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He should already have two 5 Stars in Ayo and Kofi. If I remember correctly they both dropped, of course, after picking us.Wow, BU gonna have TWO 5*s on the roster soon between Miller and Whitney.
Only a high 4*. Pass.
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Not infatuated with the stars. We have talent without stars and there seems to be a lot of stars without talent. Trust our coaches not the ratings!Well, he actually did drop two places in the rankings, they just added more 5* players.
This was posted yesterday along with some other posts stating we will be adding at least one and possibly 2 more 5 star recruits. When he has posted in the past it has occurred . If that happens it is not speculative but fact that someone else is leaving because we only have so many spots. I am not sure who could be a grad transfer other type of transfer. The current players likely know who is pondering it. To try and figure out what must happen if we add these players is part of college hoops in 2020 and certainly part of recruiting message boards discussion. I want the best for all of our players and those that may decide to go elsewhere so they can play more or for whatever reason. I do not understand why that is upsetting. It doesnt mean we dont want them here but just trying to look at it from each ones perspective. If i were a player i wanna play. Go Illini!Business is about to pick up ladies and gents
Just doing my part to spare others the pain of reading multiple pages about "orange koolaid," "taking pie when pie's passing," "a bird in the hand," and the virtues/true definitions of optimism, pessimism, and realism.Would've been much more effective had you omitted the "/s."
This was posted yesterday along with some other posts stating we will be adding at least one and possibly 2 more 5 star recruits. When he has posted in the past it has occurred . If that happens it is not speculative but fact that someone else is leaving because we only have so many spots. I am not sure who could be a grad transfer other type of transfer. The current players likely know who is pondering it. To try and figure out what must happen if we add these players is part of college hoops in 2020 and certainly part of recruiting message boards discussion. I want the best for all of our players and those that may decide to go elsewhere so they can play more or for whatever reason. I do not understand why that is upsetting. It doesnt mean we dont want them here but just trying to look at it from each ones perspective. If i were a player i wanna play. Go Illini!
You are correct. That is what was talked about, so someone leaving is not relevant imo.I was under the impression he was talking about 2021 recruits. Is that not the case?
POTDIf we don't get some commitments soon we'll be behind on worrying about decommits.
You are correct. That is what was talked about, so someone leaving is not relevant imo.
Illini440 replied both to this question after posting that "business wsa about to pick up ladies and gents"Just to be clear...are you saying recruiting should pick up because we are winning again? Or you're hearing things about specific recruits/transfers?
I hope it is sold out. Although i love the new Hall I dont know if it will ever be as loud as it used to be with over 1000 more seat and it held almost 17,000 and no suites and it was full to row 21 in C section like it used to be,. I havent seen it full like that for a while. It is nice the people are closer to the floor now. Hell there are still a few A section seats left when i looked tonight out of curiosity . (i know its 100,200 and 300 level now but i am old school) to me its always Assembly Hall like Bardo just said in the Iowa/Wisky game) I hope it is full and rocking like it used to be so often. I havent heard or seen that full in a while. We are pointed in the right direction.Jeez, reading these last few pages just reminded me how high the Illini's ceiling is. It's been so long I almost forgot. What's scary is 5 stars are supposedly opening their ears....yet they haven't even seen what this Illinois hype train is truly capable of. They haven't seen the SFC at full voice (they will on Thursday). They don't know anything about Illinois being all the talk in Chicago (they will when we win 3 of the next 4). We're just getting started!
But I am positive that none of us deserved itI have zero problem if folks in the know want to post something suggesting a player may be transferring. It happens now more than ever. Heck, it even happens in HS and with AAU teams, some of our current players have even bounced around in HS/AAU. No big deal, I think talking about it. As long as it's respectful and not someone attempting to degrade or push out a player. Things don't work out sometimes, we've all likely switched jobs a time or two or ten because things weren't working as well as we hoped or something better came along. Some of us have maybe even been fired :wave:.... That's life.